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VHXFD Virgin Australia Airbus A330243 Photo by Wanping Chen ID 1044434
Virgin Australia Business Class A330 - The Business. Let me start by saying this was a totally different experience to our Perth to Sydney flight. You would think it was on a completely different airline. We flew on the A330 from Sydney to Perth on the 7 pm flight which takes around 5 hours.
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Airbus A330243 Virgin Australia Airlines Aviation Photo 2503069
re-configured "C20Y255" 2015. leased from ORIX Aviation Feb 2017. wfu 9 Mar 2020. std at PER 10 Mar 2020 - 11 Nov 2023. std at ISL 13 Nov 2023. Airbus A330-243 with registration VH-XFE airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet numbers and names.
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VHXFB Virgin Australia Airbus A330243 Photo by Andrew Harley ID 474731
Virgin Australia's long-haul fleet included four Boeing 777-300s and six Airbus A330-200s. The A330s are leased, and the airline owns its Boeing 777s. During long-haul flying downtime, the A330s frequently got deployed on transcontinental east-west flights in Australia. But the post voluntary administration Virgin Australia will only operate.
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Airbus A330200 Virgin Australia. Photos and description of the plane
The aircraft: Airbus A330. Virgin Australia has six A330s, each fitted with 20 'The Business' seats. These planes are most commonly seen on the Perth to Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane routes, although that will decrease later in 2017 when some of them are redirected to Perth - Abu Dhabi and possibly Australia - Hong Kong/China routes.
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Airbus A330200 Virgin Australia. Photos and description of the plane
Virgin Australia Fleet Airbus A330-200 Cabin Interior Class Configuration and Seats Layout. This Airbus A330-200 has 20 Business Class seats and 255 Economy Class seats for a total capacity of 275 passengers. Virgin Australia uses this aircraft on trans-Australian routes. Virgin Australia flies the Economy X experience on this aircraft.
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Flight review Virgin Australia A330200 business class Business Traveller
The departure of Virgin's last A330 closes a chapter of intense competition at the pointy end of Australia's domestic market. By David Flynn, November 14 2023. Just over 12 years after Virgin Australia began challenging Qantas for a hefty slice of the domestic business travel market with a fleet of international-grade Airbus A330, the.
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VHXFC Virgin Australia Airbus A330243 Photo by Victor Pody ID 373097
Virgin Australia has now retired its two oldest Airbus A330 aircraft, leaving the airline with a fleet of six A330s to ply the east-west transcontinental routes. The airline leased two of the twin-aisle jets from French corporate and investment bank Credit Agricole in early 2011 as part of the relaunch from Virgin Blue to Virgin Australia, with the aircraft kick-starting Virgin’s.
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Airbus A330200 Virgin Australia. Photos and description of the plane
Virgin Australia, the trading name of Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd, is an Australia-based airline.. Virgin Australia's Boeing 777-300ERs and Airbus A330-200 aircraft's in-flight entertainment RED was based on the Panasonic eX2 system. RED was fully touch-screen and handset controlled. There was no fee for use.
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Airbus A330243 Virgin Australia Airlines Aviation Photo 2784096
This is a review of Virgin Australia's business class offering on board its Airbus A330-200 aircraft flying from Melbourne to Hong Kong. Virgin Australia launched its first non-stop route to.
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Overview. This Airbus A330-200 has 20 Business Class seats and 255 Economy Class seats for a total capacity of 275 passengers. Virgin Australia uses this aircraft on trans-Australian routes. Virgin Australia flies the Economy X experience on this aircraft. Economy X offers a more premium experience at the airport and onboard.
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Airbus A330243 Virgin Australia Airlines Aviation Photo 2704083
Virgin Australia Photos. Current Fleet. Historic Fleet. Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD / YSSY) Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD / YSSY) Boeing 737-8 MAX. Virgin Australia (IATA: VA / ICAO: VOZ) is an airline based in Brisbane, Australia and started operations in 2011 currently operating a fleet of 87 aircraft with an average age of 11.79 years.
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VHXFB Virgin Australia Airbus A330243 Photo by Victor Pody ID 349548
The Virgin Australia Airbus A330-200 features 279 seats in a 2 cabin configuration. Economy has 255 seats in a 2-4-2 config; Business class has 20 seats in a 1-2-1 config; this is pretty standard for these aircraft. Legroom-wise, the Economy pitch of 31" is average, the Business class pitch of 60" is average, though of course what that means.
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VHXFJ Virgin Australia Airbus A330243 Photo by Severin Hackenberger ID 1066441
The economy class cabin on Virgin Australia's A330s stretches for about 30 rows, most in a standard 2-4-2 configuration but with some rows of 2-3-2, for a total of 251 seats. The rows are offset, with the centre seating block sitting around halfway between the window pairs.
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FWWYU Virgin Australia Airbus A330243 Photo by Florent Peraudeau ID 255435
Virgin Australia will scupper its Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A330 jets as part of a sweeping rescue, rightsize and reboot plan by new owners Bain Capital.. The airline, which collapsed into administration on April 21 facing debts of $6.8 billion and a travel market gutted by the coronavirus pandemic, today confirmed that it would abandon long-range international travel for the foreseeable.
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VHXFE Virgin Australia Airbus A330243 Photo by Maximilian Kramer ID 1094629
Virgin Australia's Airbus A330 generally offers a better experience than the Boeing 737. If nothing else, having a twin-aisle jet compared to a single-aisle plane just feels so much more spacious! Seats are a bit wider and have more recline. I usually try to book on an Airbus A330 on transcontinental flights to and from Perth where possible.
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Airbus A330 from Virgin Australia (VH-XFD)"Bells beach" landing and taxi at Teruel Caude Airport (TEV) from Melbourne (MEL) via Muscat (MCT) with ATC audio i.